A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
Holly Jackson
15 ratings • 2 reviews
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (A Good Girl's Guide to Murder, #1)
Holly Jackson
15 ratings • 2 reviews
For readers of Kara Thomas and Karen McManus, an addictive, twisty crime thriller with shades of Serial and Making a Murderer about a closed local murder case that doesn't add up, and a girl who's determined to find the real killer--but not everyone wants her meddling in the past. Everyone in Fairview knows the story. Pretty and popular high school senior Andie Bell was murdered by her boyfriend, Sal Singh, who then killed himself. It was all anyone could talk about. And five years later, Pip sees how the tragedy still haunts her town. But she can't shake the feeling that there was more to what happened that day. She knew Sal when she was a child, and he was always so kind to her. How could he possibly have been a killer? Now a senior herself, Pip decides to reexamine the closed case for her final project, at first just to cast doubt on the original investigation. But soon she discovers a trail of dark secrets that might actually prove Sal innocent . . . and the line between past and present begins to blur. Someone in Fairview doesn't want Pip digging around for answers, and now her own life might be in danger. This is the story of an investigation turned obsession, full of twists and turns and with an ending you'll never expect.
It's been a couple years since I read this, but I saw that there's a new Netflix show? I feel like there's not a lot of true crime-inspired YA mashups, so I'm very curious. Has anyone watched it yet?
3 0- a major strength of this book is the pace and the logic: each step reveals leads that go to the next person, and the reader is pulled along easily
- Pippa is very privileged, she is also ridiculously lucky / it is unrealistic to have everything play out so neatly, but that was okay
-I had to keep remembering that this is a young adult book and Pippa is in high school
- I liked the mixed media elements, I liked Pippa's list of suspects and her thought process
- I thought killing the dog was a bit much, but it did increase the tension
- overall the book was very well done, it did not shy from the hard topics: sex, drugs, rape, Etc
- I thought the ending was unsatisfying? did not want it to be the teacher, and the whole ‘keeping “Andie” hostage for years’ was weird - got quite dramatic at the end, especially with Pip out running there to see everything for herself
- also even more stupid/ dramatic to confront the sister and almost get killed!
- the ending speech was a bit preachy, and chastising the local people?
- One reviewer points out that how people reveal secrets to Pippa is nonsensical, and I agree
- also yes, Pippa is being illegal/immoral to move the project forward
- the murderer confessed in a long monologue like a villain
- people point out that Pippa has no character growth or change, and I see that
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